MS. Hertford 33 (Hertford College Library, Hertford College, University of Oxford)
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Contents
Summary of Contents: An account of the war of Aḥmad Shāh Abdālī of the Durrānī Afghāns with Wiswās Rāw and other Marattah chiefs in A.H. 1174/1760-61.Author and Bibliographic antecedent: ʻAlī Ibrāhīm Khān على ابراهيم خانIncipit: بعد از تقديم حمد و ثناى فرد پادشاهی که پادشاهانرا پادشاهی بمحض قدرت اوستAn extract from the Aḥvāl-i jang-i Marhattah of ʻAlī Ibrāhīm Khān with additions by the compiler, who prepared the work for Governor-General of Banāras Charles Earl Cornwallis.
Language(s): PersianReferences
Physical Description
Form: codexExtent: ff. 52Dimensions (leaf): 244 × 146 mm.Layout
One column; 11 lines per page. 175 × 95 mm.
Hand(s)
Script: Nastaʿlīq.
Decoration
No decoration.
Binding
19th-century Library binding of tan leather over boards. Spine has 7 bands.
History
Origin: Undated.Provenance and Acquisition
Ex libris Colleg. Hertf. apud Oxon.
The Hertford College Manuscripts are on long-term deposit with the Bodleian Library.
Record Sources
Manuscript description based on: Beeston, A. F. L. (Alfred Felix Landon); Ethé, Hermann, 1844-1917.; Sachau, Eduard, 1845-1930; Catalogue of the Persian, Turkish, Hindûstânî, and Pushtû manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford; at the Clarendon Press 1889-1953Availability
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Funding of Cataloguing
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
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